The Fountain of Youth

The Fountain of Youth: A Praise Song for Water, Horses, and Coming Home

This week’s VoiceOver is a meditation on the most sacred and overlooked element: water. Kim shares reflections from the foothills of South Carolina, where the horses at Bramblewood drink deeply from ancient wells, and where healing begins with quiet instead of complexity.

In this audio essay, you’ll travel from moss-covered fonts to forgotten reservoirs, and through the slow, shimmering return of both horse and human to their true selves. There’s a reason the horses at Bramblewood shine in their third decade, and it has little to do with anything we try to control.

This is a story about listening to water, tending what sustains us, and allowing rest to do its work.

✨ Topics include:

What ancient wells, creeks, and reservoirs can teach us

Fire ants, busted pumps, and the delicate system of care

How horses reveal themselves (when we let them)

Why we’ve normalized sickness in the name of wellness

The winding, watery paths of healing and return

📌 Mentioned in this episode:

The upcoming guided audio session The Horse Beside You (coming next week to all subscribers of Stable Roots)

Summer Camp season at Bramblewood

A shoutout to Laci Olson’s reminder: “You’re doing a good job.”

🔗 Stay connected:Subscribe to Stable Roots on Substack to get the full essay, upcoming recordings, and free access to The Horse Beside You— a short, sensory regathering you can return to anytime.